Wednesday, 2 November 2005
438d
Bioreactor Production of Probiotic Bacteria, Lactic Acid and Lactate Dehydrogenase by Fermentation with Lactobacillus Acidophilus
Robert P. Chambers, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn, AL 36847 and Haodi Dong, Genzyme, Framingham, MA.
The effects of fed-batch operation, aeration conditions and microfiltration on the bioreactor fermentation of probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus Acidophilus were investigated to maximize the production of L-Lactobacillus Acidophilis LA-14 and the intracellular enzyme L-Lactate Dehydrogenase as the two primary products. Bioreactor operation under microfiltration and micro-aerophilic conditions improved the fraction of L-lactate dehydrogenase from 71% to 84% through micro-aerophilic operation(most importantly decreasing the fraction of D-lactate dehydrogenase from 29% to 16% thereby improving the product quality by 45%) and improved biomass cell density by over 50% achieving 4.8 g/l by continuous microfiltration. The Lactobacillus Acidophilus cells from micro-aerophilic, fed-batch and continuous microfiltration operation was disrupted by sonication yielding a crude extract with a lactate dehydrogenase activity of 179 units per milligram.
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